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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Slovak on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Slovak in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Slovak

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Slovak language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Slovak phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Slovak.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b byť, vstup do bill c radosť, loď stew d domov, prvýkrát bolo door f farba, vták focus ɡ garáž, kde go ɦ hlava ahead j jogurt yellow ɟ ďaleko, byť zaradený dew k koláč, ping-pong scan l láska pill l̩ vlk little l̩ː vĺča little left (long) ʎ ľad failure m maslo, hanba milk n noc now ɲ laň canyon p pavúk, dub spill r robot US atom r̩ prst r̩ː vŕba Spanish perro s slnko, mráz six ʂ šach, rúž shell t tulipán, hlad stand ts cena, jedz bats tʂ človek, hádž chase ʋ sever between vine and wine x chlieb, sneh Scottish loch z zima, ananás bol zoo ʐ žena, Aleš bol fusion Marginal consonants dz hádzať, noc bez heads dʐ džbán, cárovič bol job ɣ vrh guľou between got and hot ɱ informácia comfort ŋ banka sing v vzrast, Adolf bol vine w pravda, krv, Tatrou wine

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation Monophthongs a matka art aː ráno father ɛɐ mäso German Herz e drevo traditional RP left i tri, syr kit iː písať, výr leave ɔ dom off u ruža bull uː úroda fool Marginal monophthongs eː fén Indian maid ɔː móda RP law Diphthongs ɪɐ piaty yap; German Wirt ɪe viera yes ʊɔ stôl warrior Marginal diphthongs ɪu vyššiu use, Welsh English new   Suprasegmentals IPA Examples Explanation ˈ Revúca primary stress (always falling on the first syllable of a word) . Mária syllabification

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Apart from being the main realization of the phonemes /b, d, ɟ, dz, dʐ, ɡ, z, ʐ/, also occur as allophones of /p, t, c, ts, tʂ, k, s, ʂ/ before the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɡ, ɟ, dʐ, z, ʐ, ɦ/. /f/ and /x/ are also voiced in this environment, to and .
2. ^ ^{a b} Pavlík (2004), pp. 99, 106.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Apart from being the main realization of the phonemes /k, p, s, ʂ, t, c, ts, tʂ/, also occur as word-final allophones of /ɡ, b, z, ʐ, d, ɟ, dz, dʐ/ unless the following word starts with any of the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɡ, ɟ, dʐ, z, ʐ, ɦ/ and is pronounced without a pause, in which case they are realized as voiced .
4. ^ ^{a b c d} The phones transcribed are allophones of a single /v/ phoneme (but note that are also allophones of the /f/ phoneme):
   • occurs word-initially before the voiceless obstruents /p, t, c, k, tʂ, s, ʂ, x/;
   • occurs word-initially before the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʐ, z, ʐ, ɦ/;
   • or (in our transcriptions always represented as ) occur in the syllable coda;
   • occurs in all other cases (Hanulíková & Hamann (2010:374)).
5. ^ ^{a b} The /l–ʎ/ contrast is neutralized before front vowels, when only the alveolar /l/ occurs. The neutralization is taken further in western dialects in which the alveolo-palatal /ʎ/ merges with the alveolar /l/ in all environments (Hanulíková & Hamann (2010:374)).
6. ^ ^{a b c d} Nasals always assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Before velar consonants they are , and before labial consonants they are ; the labiodental appears before /f/ and /v/. Orthographic ⟨n⟩ before ⟨p⟩ and ⟨b⟩ is rare and is confined mostly to loanwords.
7. ^ In the majority of cases only one long vowel per word may occur. The phonemic diphthongs /ɪɐ, ɪe, ɪu, ʊɔ/ count as long vowels.
8. ^ is a phonological monophthong, usually transcribed with ⟨æ⟩. However, for speakers that distinguish it from , it is clearly an opening diphthong (Pavlík 2004:94).
9. ^ Syllable breaks are indicated only in the case of the sequences , and , which occur in loanwords and are spelled the same as the native diphthongs . In the case of other hiatuses, the syllable break is omitted.

References

• Hanulíková, Adriana; Hamann, Silke (2010), "Slovak" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 40 (3): 373–378, doi:10.1017/S0025100310000162
• Kráľ, Ábel (1988), Pravidlá slovenskej výslovnosti, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo
• Pavlík, Radoslav (2004), Bosák, Ján; Petrufová, Magdaléna (eds.), "Slovenské hlásky a medzinárodná fonetická abeceda" (PDF), Jazykovedný časopis (in Slovak) (55/2), Bratislava: Slovak Academic Press, spol. s r. o.: 87–109, ISSN 0021-5597
• Jazyková poradňa : Ako správne skloňovať cudzie vlastné mená Merliah a Kylie? (in Slovak), Bratislava: Petit Press

See also

• Category:Pages with Slovak IPA (437)